I got the right starting strategy because I remembered something you said about linked pawns on the 6th rank and I realised that the rook would have to be made to lose a tempo move. Didn't get far enough to see the thing with the king, though 🙁
You missed a very long variation. Perhaps it is the main line. After C5 black could play King to G3 instantly to gain a tempo and keep threatning a checkmate. Then you can't push the pawn to C6 and you have to play H7 instanly to threaten the black by a promotion if he doesn't move the rook to the 8th rank now. So he has to play R f8. And now you can play C6 to support the D pawn. Then he will play R A8 threatning a checkmate and you have to play king to f 1 and he will follow king to F3 to keep the checkmate threat and this will continue until the crucial move when the black king takes the pawn at c3. At this time you move back to the G1 square and off course the black king will follow to G3 square. And only now you can promote the H pawn yo queen to cover the Square at A1 . And black has to take and now you have the time to push the pawn to crucial square C7 ! And now that he doesnt have the continuous checkamte threat he will have to play R to C8 or will do the same line in this video where he doesn't have the Rook to B8 move. So one of the 2 connected pawns will promote for sure. And it is a winning end game.
Excellent puzzle as usual.
I got the right starting strategy because I remembered something you said about linked pawns on the 6th rank and I realised that the rook would have to be made to lose a tempo move. Didn't get far enough to see the thing with the king, though 🙁
An amazing end game. Thank you.
You missed a very long variation. Perhaps it is the main line. After C5 black could play King to G3 instantly to gain a tempo and keep threatning a checkmate. Then you can't push the pawn to C6 and you have to play H7 instanly to threaten the black by a promotion if he doesn't move the rook to the 8th rank now. So he has to play R f8. And now you can play C6 to support the D pawn. Then he will play R A8 threatning a checkmate and you have to play king to f 1 and he will follow king to F3 to keep the checkmate threat and this will continue until the crucial move when the black king takes the pawn at c3. At this time you move back to the G1 square and off course the black king will follow to G3 square. And only now you can promote the H pawn yo queen to cover the Square at A1 . And black has to take and now you have the time to push the pawn to crucial square C7 ! And now that he doesnt have the continuous checkamte threat he will have to play R to C8 or will do the same line in this video where he doesn't have the Rook to B8 move. So one of the 2 connected pawns will promote for sure. And it is a winning end game.
Best part is: If you are looking at the video before clicking on it, there are subtitles: You are looking at pretty complex porn.......
Good one
I didn't get it. I discounted advancing the C pawn as losing and missed moving the rook to the 8th rank. Not an easy puzzle at all.
Once again my record for solving these is perfect. Zero. This is my favorite. It taught me to consider king moves.
Surprised to learn the pawn furthest away from promotion should be pushed,
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c5 Kg3
h7 Rf8
c6 Ra8
Kf1 Kf3
Ke1 Ke3
Kd1 Kd3
Kc1 Kxc3
Kd1 Kd3
Ke1 Ke3
Kf1 Kf3
Kg1 Kg3
h8Q/h8B Rxh8
c7
And then it is obviously moving the White K all the way to b1 . AGAIN. 😝
Beatiful
Excellent end game learning. You are brilliant in coaching as well as the knowledge of the game. Thank you very much and God bless you.
What do you expect to happen when God bless him?